KHAN YUNIS, GAZA – MARCH 17: Two young men carry items after inspecting the damage to their homes in Hamad Town after their towers were destroyed by Israeli air strikes on March 17, 2024 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. It is the first time in weeks that medical teams have been able to reach the area, with returning residents finding entire buildings levelled.
The Israeli military said on Monday its troops raided the compound of Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, in an operation Palestinian health authorities said had caused multiple casualties and set off a fierce fire in one of the buildings.Thomson ReutersTwo men carry items from their homes on Monday after inspecting the damage to their buildings, which were destroyed by Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis, Gaza.
The operation was based on intelligence information that indicated the hospital was being used by senior Hamas leaders, the military said."Suddenly, we started to hear sounds of explosions, several bombings, and soon tanks started to roll, they came from the western road and headed toward Al-Shifa, then sounds of gunfire and explosions increased," Mohammad Ali, 32, a father of two, who lives around one kilometre from the hospital, told Reuters via a chat app.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said a fire broke out at the entrance of the complex, causing cases of suffocation among displaced women and children in the hospital.It said communication had been cut off, with people trapped inside the surgery and emergency units of one of the buildings. It said troops had been instructed on the importance of operating cautiously as well as on measures to be taken to avoid harm to patients, civilians, medical staff and medical equipment and said patients were not required to evacuate.
Men use a horse-pulled cart on Monday as they inspect the damage from their homes in Khan Younis, Gaza.
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